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20 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
S: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive A: altrusitic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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(v.) to claim or take without right
S: expropriate, usurp, commandeer A: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
S: stale, insipid A: fresh, novel, original, new |
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belabor
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
S: overwork |
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carping
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especcially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
S: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling A: (adj.) approving |
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coherent
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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congeal
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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emulate
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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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eschew
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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germane
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
S: fitting A: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
S: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
S: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate A: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
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(adj.) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
S: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative A: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
S: liberality, munificence, bounty A: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
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(n.) a survey made for millitary purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
S: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
S: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate A: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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taciturn
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclinded to talk very little
S: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic A: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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temporize
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
S: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
S: defensible, justifiable, maintainable A: indefensible, unjustifiable |
